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Visual Arts
3:57 pm
Wed May 16, 2012

Artist Andres Serrano Delivers KCAI Commencement Address

Photographer and artist Andres Serrano at the Kansas City Art Institute's 2012 commencement ceremony
Courtesy of Kansas City Art Institute

This time of year marks a flurry of commencement speeches at academic institutions around the country.

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KC Currents
11:17 am
Tue May 15, 2012

Jazz Meets Gamelan

Black House Improvisor's collective collaborating with the Indonesian percussion ensemble Gamelan Genta Kasturi
Alex Smith / KCUR

 For the last two and a half years, the Black House Improviser’s Collective has made its home in an unoccupied floor of a downtown office building provided by the Charlotte Street Foundation.

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Arts Funding
1:11 pm
Fri May 11, 2012

New Commission For The Arts In Kansas

Governor Sam Brownback yesterday signed the bill to create a new Kansas Creative Industries Commission. This commission merges the Kansas Arts Commission with the Kansas Film Commission.

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Up to Date
11:42 am
Fri May 11, 2012

Up To Date's Film Critics' 'Three To See'

"The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel" - one of Up to Date's Film Critics' "Three to See"

Looking for a great independent, foreign, or documentary film to see the weekend of May 11-13, 2012? Up to Date's critics share their three favorite showing on area screens.

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Up to Date
7:53 am
Fri May 11, 2012

Independent, Foreign & Documentary Film Reviews

An ensemble of some of England’s finest actors, a satire on contemporary American culture, the latest from the unique mind of filmmaker Guy Maddin, the relationship between the newly elected Pope …and his therapist.

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Visual Arts
5:00 am
Fri May 11, 2012

Printmaker Tom Huck Returns To Missouri Roots

Artist Tom Huck’s work has drawn comparisons to the detail of 15th century German printmaker Albrecht Durer and the dark humor of comic-book artist Robert Crumb. In a new series of linoleum prints, Huck returns to the subject of his rural Missouri roots.

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Up to Date
4:38 am
Thu May 10, 2012

The Weekend To-Do List

Looking for something to do this weekend? Up to Date's Brian McTavish offers up a few options in his Weekend To-Do List for May 10-May 13, 2012.

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Up to Date
5:38 pm
Wed May 9, 2012

The Book Doctors

Summer's almost here, and if you're anything like Steve Kraske (that may be a good thing...or maybe not) you're searching for some great vacation reads.

Thursday on Up to Date Steve Kraske welcomes the Book Doctors for a review of some of their recent favorite reads.

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Performance
1:30 pm
Wed May 9, 2012

New Charlotte Street Award Fellows: Patrick Conway & Heidi Van

Charlotte Street Foundation recently announced two artists, Heidi Van and Patrick Alonzo Conway, were selected as this year's 2012 Generative Performing Artists Award Fellows.

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KC Currents
12:31 pm
Tue May 8, 2012

Renter Holds Art Exhibit In Foreclosed Mansion

Elizabeth and Valerie Shurman at Hyde Park mansion
Alex Smith

Foreclosures have been down by about 25% in both Missouri and Kansas during the first quarter of 2012, but it’s still common for banks to take more than a year to even begin the foreclosure process.

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